Sentences with phrase «access opportunities for education»

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Rotman launched an initiative for women in business in 2008; four years later, it joined the Forte Foundation, a non-profit that promotes women's careers through education and access to opportunities.

«Technology now gives us the means to extend the reach of high quality education around the world and to provide millions of people with access to learning and opportunities for advancement,» Levin, who also serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, said in a statement.

The 12 - week online class is an exciting opportunity for financial services, insurance, or banking professionals as well as entrepreneurs around the world who want to access the world - class education associated...

We are committed to improving student performance and increasing access to quality education so that children and adolescents around the globe have improved opportunities for success.

This is characterized by competition for the marketplace which is open to anyone who can produce the goods and services, unhindered by government subsidy, monopoly, or other interference with competition.1 For a system actually to function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new venturfor the marketplace which is open to anyone who can produce the goods and services, unhindered by government subsidy, monopoly, or other interference with competition.1 For a system actually to function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new venturFor a system actually to function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new venturfor individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new venturfor new ventures.

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Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

For her ingenuity and business savvy, McAleer was awarded a prestigious 2016 Fellowship with the Tory Burch Foundation, a national program that invests in the success and sustainability of women - owned small businesses by providing access to capital, entrepreneurial education, mentoring and networking opportunities.

Taking effect from March 2015, this new sponsorship offers Master Sommeliers and student members access to education on wine faults, and the benefits of cork closures — as well as the opportunity for Diploma candidates to be awarded the Amorim «Taster of the Year» Trophy at the annual MS examinations in London.

A private, non-profit organization founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity, and assure continued citizen support for public education.

Provide a public registry of trained doulas who abide by a clear Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Provide doulas with access to resources for doula training, continuing education and networking opportunities within the doula community Educating the public, health care community and third party insurers as to the benefits of doula presence for new and expectant families Providing professional guidance to doulas

The committee is charged with providing access to information about continuing education opportunities and information for prospective students interested in the profession of athletic training.

Many were, of course, relatively privileged, having access to the necessary education and opportunity, unlikely as it was — yet there were still established societal conventions, undoubted disapproval and prejudice to be faced for choosing to serve constituents as an elected representative.

«Students who might not otherwise qualify for other assistance opportunities» sounds a lot to me like students who aren't able to access state - funded programs to help pay for higher education due to their immigration status.

«The marketisation and privatisation of our great public education service compounds this disadvantage with access to important educational opportunities, for too many children and young people, now on the basis of parents» ability to pay.

«This unacceptable trend is set to continue, unless post the 2015 General Election we have a government which is committed to an economic policy which has at its heart a universal entitlement for all to access high quality education and which secures inclusive prosperity in which all of the people have the opportunity to share in the wealth of the nation.»

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

He outlined his priorities as: transparent government, environmental awareness and sound stewardship, fair access to opportunities for education, employment, and investment for every resident and neighborhood in the City of Buffalo.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

Additional action is needed to address college access, affordability, and completion so that higher education becomes a true pathway to opportunity for all New Yorkers.

«This solid foundation has to be advanced in a manner that our growth trajectory is accelerated, our social and welfare initiatives for ordinary citizens is expanded, the opportunities to provide access and quality education to ALL our children is achieved, and our nation is able to feed itself and reap the benefits in expanded trade of our diversified agricultural produce,» President Mahama stated.

«Access to public education and important educational opportunities is now, for an increasing number of children and young people, on the basis of their parent's ability to pay.

«From lack of access to higher education and job opportunities, to managing trauma from these experiences in violent environments, and in many cases, recidivism, these policies have served to punish youth for life.

County Executive Picente said «Vision 2020 set out with the goal of creating an action plan that addressed three areas of interest — education and training, access to job opportunities, and the need for more diverse housing alternatives.

«We recognize that broadband service has become as essential as electricity and water and sewer for economic development and that if we want to attract high - tech jobs, if we want to provide students opportunities for education and provide equal access to services to people across the county, having high - speed broadband is absolutely critical at this point.»

With one of the classrooms for Mohawk Valley Community College's newly instituted small Unoccupied Aerial Systems degree program as the backdrop this morning, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. updated the progress being made in his Vision 2020 initiative which intends to ready the region for growth in the areas of high - tech education and training; transportation and housing and access to opportunity.

THE Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the socio - economic condition of a family should not deny the children the opportunity of accessing quality education, adding that it is a tool for development.

«Because our findings strongly suggest that attending public pre-K helps to promote information access and test taking for gifted and talented programs, with the advent of universal pre-K, the New York City Department of Education has an even greater chance to provide information about public educational opportunities to many more children across all demographic subgroups,» said Weinberg.

The report also recommends reorganising student funding to form a more coherent system across further and higher education, increasing loan entitlements to students living away from home from # 3635 to # 4100, and redistributing funding to increase access opportunities for the least well off, whilst requiring the wealthiest parents to fully support their children.

* The notion «low - resource environments» is used to specify an environment where: (a) resources assigned for genomics research are scarce, (b) access to genomics knowledge and information is low, (c) implementation of Genomics is limited, (d) genomics education is relatively poor, and (e) collaborative opportunities in genomic research with other institutions are rare for geographical, societal, economic or political reasons.

We provide and encourage networking, cooperation and furthering education opportunities for the birth professional community and promote the general public's use of and access to doulas.

For instance, the opportunity gap would force us to look more at how all students should have access to early education versus the achievement gap which has focused more on developing standards, accountability, and evaluation.

Some use them to offer courses that provide students access to education, and some others as an online system which staff use to support course delivery and provide online learning and blended learning opportunities for students and employees.

Here, Sam Warnes, a former teacher and founder of EDLounge, a unique platform that gives students who struggle with mainstream education the opportunity to access learning, explains how virtual classrooms and online support systems can provide a great alternative provision for students which adheres to government safeguarding and wellbeing guidance.

Into Film Clubs are FREE for all state funded schools and non-school settings and offer free access to thousands of films and education resources for learning through and about film, as well as opportunities to learn about filmmaking and go behind the scenes of the film industry.

Bial, an education strategist, addresses the challenges of college access for underrepresented populations by identifying and fostering latent talent and opening opportunities for them to pursue higher education.

«One Awards Access to Higher Education courses have touched thousands of lives over its 20 - year history, and will continue to provide valuable opportunities for adult learners to enable them to achieve their desired careers.»

For students at Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF), that means trips to museums, partnerships with higher education institutions, opportunities for student travel, etiquette classes and access to a wide variety of professionals who can help to open doors for workplace exploration and internshiFor students at Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF), that means trips to museums, partnerships with higher education institutions, opportunities for student travel, etiquette classes and access to a wide variety of professionals who can help to open doors for workplace exploration and internshifor student travel, etiquette classes and access to a wide variety of professionals who can help to open doors for workplace exploration and internshifor workplace exploration and internships.

This «schooling without learning» is a wasted opportunity, the report argues — widening social gaps for already disadvantaged children, for whom the promise of education was meant to offer much greater access to good jobs, higher wages, better health, and lifelong security.

Access and Credit Recovery are Main Drivers for Districts: Districts with distance education enrollments say that providing courses not otherwise available (64 % of all districts, 73 % of rural) and credit recovery (57 % of all districts, 81 % of large) are very important reasons for offering these opportunities.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Ubiquitous access to information provides many opportunities and challenges for «formal» education systems.

The question isn't what DeVos hopes to do if confirmed as education secretary — spoiler alert: it's expanding access to high - quality educational opportunities for all, not dismantling public education — but whether she will be able to do it.

Developing modern skills (32 %) Access to learning resources and tools (29 %) Instant access to information (18 %) Enhanced traditional ways of teaching (8 %) Opportunity for individual learning (6 %) Special needs education supportAccess to learning resources and tools (29 %) Instant access to information (18 %) Enhanced traditional ways of teaching (8 %) Opportunity for individual learning (6 %) Special needs education supportaccess to information (18 %) Enhanced traditional ways of teaching (8 %) Opportunity for individual learning (6 %) Special needs education support (5 %)

«It is a real shame that outdoor education opportunities have decreased for many young people but we are proud to be one of the leading providers of outdoor education in the country, and given the positive impact of such opportunities on children and young people, we are keen to work with other schools, academy trusts and education providers to ensure that more students have access to outdoor learning.»

Matthew Reed, chief executive of The Children's Society, said: «Internet access opens up a whole new world of opportunities for children and young people's education and development, but it has many risks as well as benefits.

A Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: «We are committed to ensuring disabled children can access early years education and that play opportunities are accessible to disabled Education (DfE) spokesman said: «We are committed to ensuring disabled children can access early years education and that play opportunities are accessible to disabled education and that play opportunities are accessible to disabled children.

«The Alimentarium believes that its partnership with Discovery Education is a perfect opportunity to broaden access to accurate knowledge on food and nutrition for primary school children.

Even if the e-Learning market is still considered a «niche» segment within different HR macro segments it is subjected, in both a positive and negative manner, to the influences of sales trends related to smart devices and the increasing spread of the Internet access globally.Other opportunities come from Smartphone devices, considered valuable assets that help improve work productivity, and the concept of Mobile Learning, and ultimately «BYOD» (Bring your own device) a slower trend, but one that will be ongoing for some time.A Breakthrough... without borders!The SaaS Business Model is increasingly present in educational reform, and technology plays a significant role in presenting a key opportunity for education suppliers globally.

We are continuing to appoint and add CREATE Education Hubs to our network along with the Fab Labs and Makerspaces who provide physical access supporting our open source ethos with opportunities for local communities and schools to get involved.